IsoNews Ostensibly Shut Down By The DOJ

According to Yahoo News and also Cyber Crime The longest running news site for Piracy has been turned over to the Department of Justice. Stating David Rocci AKA krazy8, has recently plead guilty to selling modchips via his website http://www.isonews.com with profit of $48,000. Now the domain has been linked to the Cybercrime Site warning all pirates all there that modchipping is not a game. [chrisd] In case you needed a reminder...you don't own your hardware. Eff? That said, this is not 100% positive, and there are rumors of the old site floating around on other ip addresses out there. In related DOJ web hijinks..joemite writes "Cannabis News released this article about how the DEA is seeking to redirect indicted businesses that sell glass bongs and pipes to the DEA's website. "If the court orders the sites to be redirected, Ashcroft said, they will point to a DEA.gov Web page that says: "By application of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, the Web site you are attempting to visit has been restrained by the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853 (e)(1)(a)."" Also check out an analysis of the entire situation by Richard Cowan"

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[The AtomicPunk]

How many of you voted democrat or republican?

How many of you voted third party?

If we keep electing these idiots, this kind of garbage will keep happening. I don't condone pirating, but the possession or sale of a mod chip defined as a crime independently of its use is a dangerous precident to set!

Who's next? People who own guns? People who own both beer AND a car?

Re:so make a bong from

[DEBEDb]

Mayor Laguardia was arguing in favor of a repeal of the 18th amendment when he said "It would take a police force of 250,000 to enforce the Prohibition Act". I wonder how he would respond to today's police force of 650,000?

The population also grew, so...

Re:Oh come on

[(trb001)]

Okay, you're right in that it's discrimination. I suppose I'm just okay with the fact that they are being discriminated against. When police bust up a white fraternity party, they're probably going to find some people drinking underage, maybe a few really drunk people causing a disturbance and some loud music. An inner-city party is likely going to have heavy narcotics and probably illegal arms, so the cops have a bit more to deal with. The patrons are more than likely also not going to be as cooperative.

Is it equal treatment? No, but the probable offenses aren't equal either. And while it's not a viable argument at all, everyone knows the cops are harder on inner-city type 'Get Togethers', whether they be on a street corner, in a house, wherever...if you put yourself in that situation, expect to get hassled. I don't walk down the streets of Southeast Washington, D.C. at night because I'm white, that'd be plain stupid. I'd most likely get, at least, mugged if not worse. If you're black and in the ghetto, don't hang out on a street corner where you're likely to be picked up. If you're a woman, don't go out to a club dressed like a whore and drink too much. If you're white, get your ass OUT of the ghetto after dark. Unfortunate guidelines we should follow, but intelligent nonetheless.

--trb